- * @li QVariant::Char - if the string begins with "\0x", expects it to be an ASCII code in hex; if the
- * string begins with "\0", expects it to be an ASCII code in oct; otherwise uses the first character in the string;
+ * @li QVariant::Char - if the string begins with "\0x", expects it to be a UTF-16 code in hex; if the
+ * string begins with "\0", expects it to be a UTF-16 code in oct; if the string begins with "&", expects it to
+ * be a numeric character reference ("&#nnnn;" or "&#xhhhh;") or a predefined character entity reference;
+ * otherwise uses the first character in the string;